The Bank of Russia has proposed a 1% capital cap on covered crypto and foreign digital instrument exposure, measured against a bank's own funds or a banking group's consolidated capital. According to NS3.AI, non-liable client custody positions would be excluded from the two ratios but assigned a 50% risk weight, while own-account exposure and liable custody positions would receive a 1,250% risk weight. The draft is scheduled for publication in the fourth quarter of 2026, with the requirements taking effect 10 days later.

U.S. President Donald Trump said he may be open to meeting with Iran's president. According to Odaily, he added that some major developments may happen in the near future.

Doctor Profit said on X that Bitcoin has broken above its 50-week moving average, which is near $78,700. According to Odaily, he said a weekly close above that level would be a confirmation signal for the start of a new bull market. He said the current move resembles the structure seen in 2022 and 2023, when Bitcoin was blocked for several weeks, went through a bear trap, and then reclaimed the 50-week moving average. He added that Bitcoin has fallen below and then regained the 50-week moving average seven times in history, with five of those cases leading to bull markets and two false breakouts in 2011 and 2020. Bitcoin is still trading in the $71,000 to $82,000 range, and a move above $82,500 to $83,000 would provide stronger confirmation, he said. He added that he will continue holding spot positions and is targeting $88,000 after the remaining resistance is broken.

According to Wallstreetcn, Oaktree Capital Management co-chair Howard Marks said he wants the Federal Reserve to communicate less, as Fed Governor Kevin Warsh works to reduce some of the forward guidance that Marks said has constrained the central bank in recent years. Marks said he personally prefers a less interventionist central bank that normally lets the economy run on its own unless it risks going off track, either overheating or overheating.

According to CNBC, the Congressional Black Caucus Annual Legislative Conference in Washington focused heavily on artificial intelligence regulation and the risks posed by the technology, with CBC Vice Chair Rep. Troy Carter saying at least 60 of the caucus's 62 members would vote for an AI regulation bill that would create guardrails and human-safety guidelines. Carter said competition with China should not drive legislation, while House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries has asked the House to stay in session to work on AI safeguards and House Speaker Mike Johnson has said members should return to their districts. Meta President and Vice Chair Dina Powell McCormick highlighted the economic benefits of data centers and the AI buildout they support, as Meta develops the Hyperion data center project in Louisiana and rivals Alphabet, Amazon and Microsoft expand their own data center footprints. Rep. Steven Horsford, who leads the CBC's technology committee, said AI is an economic revolution and that Black Americans should not be left behind, while Exelon CEO Calvin Butler said he is in ongoing talks with lawmakers about the impact of AI infrastructure on energy prices and residents' quality of life.

Strategy CEO Phong Le said the company does not aim to be only a Bitcoin holding company, but to become the JPMorgan of the Bitcoin sector by creating products, building markets, and providing liquidity for the digital asset economy. According to ChainCatcher, he said the company is targeting an economy that could eventually serve 8 billion people. Le said Strategy's digital credit ecosystem is currently about $15 billion in size. He added that yield and tokenized products built by DeFi protocols on top of STRC are more important than products launched by Strategy itself. He also discussed why the company chose share buybacks instead of raising the STRC dividend, and said it has been thinking about its digital credit business after a period of pressure. On Bitcoin strategy, Le said Strategy is pursuing a dual approach of long-term accumulation and flexibility, treating Bitcoin as an item on the balance sheet that is close to cash. Le also addressed MSCI index-related questions, saying the company is opposing exclusion on principle. He added that AI tools have been embedded across Strategy's software and Bitcoin businesses.

According to CNBC, the U.S. State Department warned Americans to reconsider travel to the Middle East, saying the Iran war could worsen quickly and urging those outside the region to avoid travel to and through it. Americans already in the Middle East were told to exercise heightened vigilance and prepare for possible flight cancellations, airspace closures, and other travel disruptions. Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen said they attacked sensitive sites in Riyadh with missiles and drones on Saturday, while U.S. embassies in the region issued security alerts amid heightened tensions. Iranian parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf said the Strait of Hormuz would not reopen until Iran’s conditions are met, and Mohsen Rezaei said consultations with Qatari and Pakistani mediators continue. Brent crude oil, the global benchmark, has risen 72% since the start of 2026 as the war disrupted energy flows through the Strait of Hormuz.

Liberal Democrat deputy leader Daisy Cooper unveiled a 30-page growth plan at the party conference in Brighton, saying the UK’s economy is being held back by a “computer says no” approach, according to BBC. She said the plan would remove barriers to business, create a digital one-stop shop for tax, regulatory, legal and Companies House services, and set up a new Department for Growth to simplify red tape. Cooper also proposed a Growth and Defence Partnership with the EU, saying deeper ties with Europe could reverse what she called £90bn a year in lost tax revenue from Brexit. She said the Lib Dems would pursue deals on the single market, a customs union and defence, and argued the party would avoid Labour tax rises and Conservative or Reform UK spending cuts.

Chiltern Railways has been brought into public ownership after 30 years as a private company, becoming the 10th rail operator under the government’s Great British Railways programme, according to BBC. The Department for Transport said the transfer will add 25 daily services from December and provide 10,000 extra seats on weekdays, including half-hourly services on the Chiltern Main Line between London and Birmingham. The operator said the changes should ease overcrowding, improve accessibility and deliver better Wi-Fi, while passengers whose trains are cancelled can use another operator’s service two hours either side at no extra cost from Sunday. Great Western Railway is due to be the next operator brought into public ownership on 13 December, and the government aims for GBR to run all passenger services by the end of 2027.

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